Paco Roman

Francisco "Paco" Roman y Velazquez (4 October 1869-5 June 1899) was a colonel in the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine-American War who, on 5 June 1899, was assassinated alongside his superior Antonio Luna.

Biography
Paco Roman was born in Alcala, Cagayan, Philippines on 4 October 1869 to a wealthy Spanish father and a Tagalog mother. He studied in both the Philippines and Hong Kong, and, after inheriting his father's business, he secretly donated to the revolutionary cause during the Philippine War of Independence. He rose to the rank of colonel in the Philippine Revolutionary Army and became General Antonio Luna's second-in-command, pushing the American forces back at the Second Battle of Calooyan. On 5 June 1899, Luna and Roman were murdered by mutinous soldiers at the Cabanatuan convent.